Seems to be a point of view sort of thing. If (generally speaking) you're an NT and look upon AS as a "disabillity", the teachers comment, though both thoughtless and misguided makes sense. If on the other hand you look on AS (as I do being one) as a difference or a blessing, then the statement is insensitive, discriminatory, and down right rude.
What seems consistant is that the (pardon MY rant) Socialist public ed system that says it cherishes diversity etc. consistantly trys to shove everyone into pre-ordained pigeonholes, and if you don't fit into the holes they have avillable, you're just "not normal" and perhaps should be medicated or "treated". Phah!!
Pfff! That irks me when teachers say such horrible thing. I think its Tiggerthewing that says that if you replaced Asperger's with "black" in a statement and made that statement racist than its bad. (horribly liberal memory, sorry)
Same thing here, if a teacher said that buddhists believed that because someone was black because of bad behaviour it would be a very bad thing to say...
Humans are so dumb.
which reminds me of the game destroy all humans!
any way i can see how your son feels if something like that was said to me i would have taken it very offensively
about stupid comments well someone in my science class asked if our science group was the highest and one girl said that "how can it be with people like *lloyd in here?"
* my name
Just a little rant.
My 17 year old AS son told me today that at school they are studying Buddhism.
His teacher told him that according to Buddhist teaching, his Aspergers' & skin condition are the result of behaving badly in a past life! ( the teacher did say that he personally didn't believe this.)
I know a little about Buddhism & with the help of the internet, spent a couple of hours trying to convince John that this is not always the case.
I think that I succeeded, but John tends to believe that the teachers know everything & can't be wrong.
Anyone else had a stupid comment made such as this?
Some teachers are dire, but then teaching pays poor, so you are not going to always get bright grads with 1st from a top uni teaching the subject. Asides, do you expect teachers not to make mistakes?
I have heard that before about Buddhism so it doesn't really bug me. Using your son as an example is wrong, I haven't seen that happen in a while but every once in a while a teacher slips. I know in a lot of situations though that when a teacher says something concerning Buddhism like that they usually say something like "If you have an illness or difficulty in a certain area, it may be due to something you did in a past life." I remember reading a book with this theory that I thought was great but I can't recall what it's called. I also know that when I hear something like that said in a classroom, I automatically take it to mean the teacher is talking about me, even when they're not. It's also interesting to learn that the teacher knew of your son's aspergers and still said something especially when that's what he brought up. Is it common for all teachers to be informed of this now days? If it is required to tell the teacher, they should provide a class for the teachers so that they know all about it.